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title: "Dementia Dog Project - Exploring the benefits assistance dogs can bring to help people live well"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000480955"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - ACTION ON DEMENTIA"
published: "2017-07-04"
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# Dementia Dog Project - Exploring the benefits assistance dogs can bring to help people live well

Buyer: ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - ACTION ON DEMENTIA  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000480955

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia, which is located at 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, UK. The title of the tender is "Dementia Dog Project - Exploring the benefits assistance dogs can bring to help people live well." This project falls under the services industry category and has recently completed its evaluation stage. The contract was signed on 16th May 2017 and awarded to Dementia Centre, HammondCare, with a contract value of £17,854.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses involved in social care, animal therapy, and health services related to dementia care. Firms capable of conducting comprehensive evaluations, liaising with multiple stakeholders, and conveying findings effectively would be well-suited to compete. Businesses with experience in working with charitable organisations or those focused on assistance animals may find this particularly beneficial.

## Notice

The evaluation of the Dementia Dog Project, exploring the benefits assistance dogs can bring to help people live well with dementia. The Dementia Dog Project is a collaboration between Alzheimer Scotland and Dogs for Good, funded by the Life Changes Trust. Based in Scotland, this three year project aims to match and place eight fully trained assistance dogs with people living at home with dementia who also live with a full time carer. The work being tendered is the evaluation of the Dementia Dog Project in its new phase. The aim of the evaluation is to explore and measure how the assistance dogs can help people to live well with dementia, and what is the effect also on their carers and families.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The successful applicant require to undertake the following tasks: - Liaise with Dementia Dog Project and the Life Changes Trust on the project methodology and agree final timescales. - Carry out agreed fieldwork and support Dementia Dog Project Team in any recording and fieldwork that it carries out. - Attend all meetings associated with the project at which the evaluator(s) is required - these will generally be held in Glasgow or Edinburgh, anticipated to be three times a year. - Analyse the evaluation findings and present them in ways that are innovative, engaging and meaningful to communicating to key project stakeholders (people with dementia, carers, health and social care providers, NHS, assistance dog partner organisations). - Create straightforward discussion papers so that themes and threads can be explored more deeply by a wide and varied selection of stakeholders.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL288321 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Jul 2017 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 May 2017 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £17,854 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - ACTION ON DEMENTIA |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH11 1DQ |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DEMENTIA CENTRE, HAMMONDCARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services

## Release History

- 4 Jul 2017 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL288321

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL288321
  Dementia Dog Project - Exploring the benefits assistance dogs can bring to help people live well - The evaluation of the Dementia Dog Project, exploring the benefits assistance dogs can bring to help people live well with dementia. The Dementia Dog Project is a collaboration between Alzheimer Scotland and Dogs for Good, funded by the Life Changes Trust. Based in Scotland, this three year project aims to match and place eight fully trained assistance dogs with people living at home with dementia who also live with a full time carer. The work being tendered is the evaluation of the Dementia Dog Project in its new phase. The aim of the evaluation is to explore and measure how the assistance dogs can help people to live well with dementia, and what is the effect also on their carers and families.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.alzscot.org
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000480955

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